Expect heavy traffic Friday afternoon on June 14, beginning at 3 p.m. near the 10 and 710 freeways, as roughly 20,000 graduates and guests arrive at Cal State L.A.’s graduation ceremony, which begins at 5 p.m. Expect possible slowing near the Eastern Avenue exit off the San Bernardino (10) freeway in both directions. There may also be backup at the Ramona and Valley Blvd. exits off of the 710 freeway.

Cal State L.A. will hold the second of its two Commencement ceremonies Saturday, June 15, starting at 8 a.m. Traffic will be heavy beginning around 7 a.m.

Working for Californiaa since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 225,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six Colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to the Honors College for high-achieving students. Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center. www.calstatela.edu